FontNumeralStyle Enumeration (System.Windows)

FontNumeralStyle Enumeration

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FontNumeralStyle Enumeration

Describes the numeral style for a Typography object.

Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Enumeration FontNumeralStyle

public enum FontNumeralStyle

Visual C++

public enum class FontNumeralStyle

type FontNumeralStyle

XAML Attribute Usage

<object property="enumerationMemberName" .../>

Members

	Member name	Description
	Normal	Default numeral style is used.
	Lining	Lining numeral style is used. Replaces default glyphs with numeric forms of even height.
	OldStyle	Old style numeral style is used. Replaces default glyphs with a figure style that matches lowercase letters in height and color.

Remarks

OpenType fonts support an old style numeral format. This format is useful for displaying numerals in styles that are no longer standard. The following text displays an 18th century date in standard and old style numeral formats for the Palatino Linotype font.

Example of standard and old style numerals

The following text displays standard numerals for the Palatino Linotype font, followed by old style numerals.

Example of standard and old style numeral sets

Text using OpenType old style numeral sets

Note
Most OpenType fonts expose only a subset of the total OpenType features available. If a specified font does not support a particular feature, the default glyphs are used instead.

Examples

The following code example shows how to define old style numerals for the Palatino Linotype font, using properties of the Typography object.

XAML

<Paragraph FontFamily="Palatino Linotype">
  <Run Typography.NumeralStyle="Normal">1234567890</Run>
  <Run Typography.NumeralStyle="OldStyle">1234567890</Run>
</Paragraph>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.Windows Namespace

Other Resources

OpenType Font Features